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DESTROYER SHELL 

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SHELL MODEL: DESTROYER 

ROLE: Combat Specialist 

TECH: Assault / Defend 

OVERVIEW: DESTROYERS are designed for aggressive conflict resolution. They are military-grade tools of war engineered to seamlessly integrate a mobile combat suite, providing a RUNNER with offensive and defensive ABILITIES that function as second nature during hostile encounters.  

ABILITIES / TRAITS: 

    • RIOT BARRICADE

    • SEARCH AND DESTROY  

    • THRUSTER 

    • TACTICAL SPRINT 

HISTORY: DESTROYERS are products of the UESC's Combat Science Labs [CSL]. They were first designed for aggressive conflict resolution scenarios but were banned from official military use with the passage of the Consequence of Violence amendment in 2879.  

Many corporate entities have taken to using branded DESTROYER SHELLS in their high-priority security deployments. RUNNERS have been utilizing them via illicit channels since at least 2872. Though official UESC statements condone the use of DESTROYER SHELLS, rumors suggest they have been deployed in clandestine operations against RUNNER activities across Sol. 

COMMON SHELL SERIES: The most common DESTROYER SHELLS utilized by the initial wave of RUNNERS arriving in the TAU CETI system are equipped with a known combat personality series codenamed, LOCUS. Developed by the UESC in the later stages of their DESTROYER SHELL deployments, the LOCUS series was trained on the live-fire experiences of UESC soldiers, giving it a depth of emotional clarity and situational awareness specific to the stresses and chaos unique to wartime engagements. LOCUS's real world foundational programming is specifically engineered to support and encourage the wearer's combat instincts, providing a "natural" connection between a RUNNER's active conscience and the SHELL's various combat systems. LOCUS's vocalization pattern is an amalgamation of combat field leaders tuned to deliver confidence and calm under duress, helping to command a crew or combat situation regardless of the level of threat faced. 

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DESTROYER TACTICAL ABILITY: RIOT BARRICADE 

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OVERVIEW: Nobody likes a bully. Be a bully. The DESTROYER SHELL's hard light mobile protection platform, or RIOT BARRICADE, is a gauntlet-mounted, personal space defender that allows a RUNNER to step hold ground, defend a retreat, or step into a conflict with confidence and bad intentions intact.  

OPERATION: 

   • Activate RIOT BARRICADE 

   • Take damage with no trauma to your shell 

   • Hold or push the line until: 

        • You change tactics, or…

        • RIOT BARRICADE dissipates

             • RIOT BARRICADE's charge dissipates when its power recycles 

             • Incoming damage eats a RIOT BARRICADE's power, threatening

               its durability over time 

HISTORY: This variant of a mobile protection platform was first utilized in a security SHELL designed for use by local police forces in cases of extreme social disturbance, hence the name: RIOT BARRICADE. While testing DESTROYER prototypes, the UESC discovered the addition of the BARRICADE to what had previously been a wholly offensively-focused combat suite upped aggressiveness and success rates in live-fire field exercises. 

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DESTROYER PRIME ABILITY: SEARCH AND DESTROY 

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OVERVIEW: If the DESTROYER SHELL is a weapon of war, then SEARCH AND DESTROY is its shoulder-mounted, impact tracing targeted artillery.  

OPERATION: 

   • Trigger SEARCH AND DESTROY 

   • Neural/HUD/Live Round mapping active 

   • Hunt Targets 

   • Find Targets 

   • Aim/Fire/Impact Targets with your chosen firearm 

   • ENJOY 

     • Every third round impacted on Target unleashes a micro-rocket

        salvo tracking directly to impact site 

HISTORY: As a dedicated conflict resolution system, the DESTROYER SHELL was engineered from first principles to be an offensive weapon specifically used for surgical strikes against enemy personnel and machinery, in conjunction with larger-scale UESC combat deployments.  

A combination of SEARCH AND DESTROY's "too efficient" lethality and reports of mental destabilization in soldiers with prolonged use of its neural/HUD/live round cross-mapping caused the UESC to discontinue use of the DESTROYER SHELL all up. Most RUNNERS assume the off-lining of the DESTROYER was a public relations mandate as cover for various "more terrible" UESC operations.  

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